The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-09-15

StO M. Il. OnQICil w do d ld1S &c ell-
fair, and everybody seemed to enjoy it
The basement-room of the church build
ing was full of people. Chris. Halter
man, the mormon Preacher is in again
to-day, and in pretty good order for his
usual experience. ...Downtain, the big
Pension Examiner is here looking up
some particular cases.
THURsDAY.-Colder weather after the
rains ..... David G. Evans of Clay, called
this morning. Reuben Aleshires
steam thresher passed through town to-
night -. Tom Delay returned from
Macarthur this evening. -. Frank Smith
is still in poor health, one of his legs be-
ing terribly swollen. -. DR.. S. T. Bog
CESS will perhaps move to Greenfield.
Capt. Gilliland thinks it good location
for a good dentist, such as the Doctors
customers know him to be 49,. The
town well is a little slow in getting into
use again. Meeting of the Good Temp
lars tonight -. "A. J. Wolf, of the Order
of Rechabites is here again. 49,. Thomas
Jones (North) is out again, after his sick
spell. -. John c. Stevenson is in to-day,
looking for gap in Kitchens fences. -.
The Commissioners closed up their ses-
sion this evening. -. Another Magician
is advertised. If he has the usual success,
one of his best tricks will be to find his
audience. -. The scale building will be
quite small affair -. Goods are arriv
ing at Sternberger Bros store. 49,. Dur
ing the tremendous showers here yester-
day, there was very little rain few miles
south of town.
FRIDAY.-Lewis Gilliland of Liberty
is in to-day. We saw Luke Garrett
on the streets yesterday. He looks spry
and active yet. When the little scale
house, with its band-stand, is finished,
there should be some seats arranged in
the Public Square grounds -. Mrs.
Talitha Stockman, of Richmondale, is
visiting friends in town to-day. -. .R.
R. CHANNEL called to-day. He has been
over in Pike County, attending the funer-
al of his grandchild, recently drowned
over there -. j. Edward Jones, of Oak
Hill, is in town. Daniel Kelley is in
with a load of peaches to-day. John
W. Horton of Jefferson Township, called.
He has been suffering from carbuncle
ON his neck, for some time. John sub
scribes for the Reunion Standard, and
will attend the Reunion if possible. .....
DR.. Holcomb is gone to Gallia County ON
a short visit -. Another Coal Company
incorporated, the jackson Hill Coal CO..
49,. Mr. Andrew Wangler went this
morning to HaverhiIl, Scioto County, to
attend the funeral of her brother, John
Carr. John was a brave soldier in the
Twenty-Seventh Ohio, and had many
friends.
SATURDAY.-A young man named Will
liam Moore was brought before Mayor
Jones to-day, charged with assault and
battery. He was fined ten dollars and
costs and sentenced to the work-house
for ten days. He was placed in Jail, and
paid the fine and costs, but the work
house sentence stands against him. The
trouble occurred in the Centre Point
neighborhood -. Joel s. French is here
again. He has been east on a business
trip. -. "A delegation of Sons of Veter-
ans passed through here to-day on their
way from Coalton to Mabees, to muster
Camp. "A number of peaches were
brought in to-day. They very much re-
semble potato balls 49,. Quite a number
of young people from town attended the
Grange Festival at Arthur's. -. George
Goddard 1as quit bossing the Tropic
shaft mine, and Arthur Roberts has been
appointed mine boss Our old friend
Isaac Miner was in town to-day. Isaac
is in the habit of going barefoot, as a
matter of choice. The large force Of
Jackson boot-blacks had a picnic follow
ing him around with the merry cry,
"shine ?". The Salvation Army had
an increased force out tonight. One citi-
zen remarked that "the Army keeps up
here better than any place in the State"
Well, it has done good. 49,. "A new variety
OF Watermelons has been introduced
They look like green tomatoes. I'D. E.
Kinnison's little daughter, Florence, has
been very i'll with fever for some five or
six weeks, and is still dangerously i'll.
SUNDAY-The big event of to-day was
the speech of Maj. Blackburn in the even
ing, at the Rink. The Maj. was accom-
panied by his wife and couple of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Davis also came.
The party came through by carriage from
Hamden, the men returning after the
meeting. The Majors address was
flowery oratorical effort, and kept the
great crowd until late hour. He had
evidently been grossly misinformed re-
garding the Jackson papers, as he made
the statement that the press of the city
had taken decided grounds in opposition
to the liquor traffic. The STANDARD has
done so, and has been howled at, and
blackguarded, and lied about, by the or
gan of the doggeries, for taking this stand
in favor of Christian homes and gospel
temperance. We have been constantly
warned-and always by the liquor influ-
ence-that anything said in favor of God
and His righteousness, was Third Party
doctrine, and against the Republican
party. Yet every gospel Temperance
speaker is compelled to do just as the elo-
quent Major did, denounce the liquor
traffic as the sum of all villainies, and
take the same ground he took, when he
fairly shouted: 1--WE must Kill Gt-kILL
TIP And the same ground taken by the